Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Arun District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Arun website
21,783 approved · 3,375 refused · 1,274 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Calcetto Cottage Crossbush Lane Crossbush Arundel
Received 27 Feb 2007Old Dairy Lane (formerly known as farm buildings rear of New House Farm) Norton Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3NH
Received 14 Oct 2010Waterbury House Ford Road Ford BN18 0BH
Received 15 Sept 2017The Littlehampton Academy Hill Road Littlehampton BN17 6DQ
Received 3 Jan 201335 Colts Bay Aldwick PO21 4EH
Received 13 Apr 20228 St Richards Drive Aldwick PO21 3BH
Received 20 May 2022B & Q Plc Arun Retail Park Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NF
Received 24 Nov 2012Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 5 Oct 20114 Ceres Place Felpham
Received 20 Nov 2006Land At Kings Close Yapton BN18 0EX
Received 21 Feb 20197 Burnham Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 2LA
Received 2 Sept 202032 Sheep Fold Avenue Rustington BN16 3SQ
Received 1 Jul 201529 Hillsboro Road Bognor Regis PO21 2DX
Received 22 Sept 201412 Gladstone Road Yapton BN18 0JP
Received 18 May 2014Lyminster Cottage Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QF
Received 15 Oct 20195 Hill Road Littlehampton
Received 1 Jun 2009Tall Trees Chruch Raod Yapton BN18 0EJ
Received 25 Mar 201049 Minton Road Felpham PO22 7JX
Received 22 Feb 202269 Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2HL
Received 6 Feb 2015Bognor Regis Cricket Club Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2UU
Received 9 Jul 2021Putting Green Hotham Park Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HN
Received 29 Nov 201711 Collins Close Eastergate PO20 3JT
Received 8 Jun 201812 Thakeham Close East Preston BN16 1DE
Received 23 Jun 2010Land North of Manor Road & adjoining Nursery Close East Preston
Received 15 Mar 2010Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Arun District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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